haha..

wat about this?
another sony flash

f1000?

1km worth of lighting?

i think if direct flash, sure someone's going blind...

kopitiam: Flash Effective Range : Shooting Distance 1m -8m
if 1km then its damn scary...its like laser adi!

Kul | Mo0: Yes, a loose push-pull makes it easy to make zoomy slow shutter effects. I had a Vivitar Series 1 28-105mm F2.8-3.8 for that.

The Minolta 75-300mm F4.5-5.6 Big Beercan is sharper than the Sony 75-300mm F4.5-5.6. However it is also a slow focuser (but with a nice focus limiter.)

MechaHerc: It is honestly not a big deal, you still have a pop-up flash.

@ryzan76 : Nice pic!~

thanks bro...need more to learn

Why is there some white stuff on its head?

So is the F58 or F20 more powerful as a wireless controller in bright daylight?

Casual testing method:

A900, manual mode, multi-segment metering, 1/200s F14 ISO200. Experiment was conducted from 1328-1340 hours +800 GMT. Minolta 24-105mm F3.5-4.5(D) set at 105mm. F56 flash lying on ground set to 1/4 power, 85mm flash zoom, with full CTO applied to make it 3200K, and a sheet of paper underneath to identify successful illumination.

It was a sunny day, but unfortunately there were clouds continuously passing, so the meter would go from -2 to 0 EV but never brighter than 0 EV.

F20 set on DIRECT and TELE (50mm).

F58 set on CTRL/CTRL2 mode, ratio "-:1", 50mm zoom, 0 degrees yaw, 0 degrees roll (no rotation.)

I would attempt to shoot when the clouds went away, and the meter read "0". Neither the F20 nor F58 could trigger the F56 when the sun was this bright.

When the meter dipped to -1 or darker, I could trigger the F56 using both the F20 and the F58. I am not sure of the exact distance as it varied due to me not bringing a tripod to work but I pretty much stood in the same place while swapping flashes.

This picture might give you a representation. It was shot when the meter read -1 EV. I would estimate that the sensor plane to subject was 2 meters (regretfully, I forgot to look at the distance meter...)



The F56 was picked because it has a less sensitive IR trigger at sharper angles compared to the F58 and F42 (I feel the difference but have not measured this.) Also, I don't have a F42 anymore.

My conclusion from this is that the F20 and F58 have similiar range when it comes to combating sunlight outdoors to send an infrared signal. However, the F58 with flash zoomed to 105mm should give it a bit of help!

has anyone ever tried this with sony flashes?

never tried jumping around with wireless flash before

This post has been edited by kopitiam: Jul 23 2009, 02:18 PM

went to camera shop in taiping just now...cant find a200 or a300 anymore...just a230,a330,a350...can anyone gimme the idea on comparing between the latest line up and the old one?where i can still get the old model a200/a300 r?hmmm...i heard sum ppl in the forum said that they new line up got less function...im not sure coz i never had any alpha b4...im really lookin 4ward to own one soon...shud i give it up now ?wait for the advance model next year n so on?hu3

ride a bus to kl & buy it there

this one can......





and this one....




This post has been edited by ryzan76: Jul 23 2009, 02:41 PM

any great spot in KL where i can get a200+free gift using credit card installment r sir?

but that 1 the flash is static.... what i meant can the flash trigger while on the air?

rasanya dapat.. must be can la... pleaseeeee... hehehe... planning to do a skateboarding/rollerblading photoshoot sometime next month... need my flash to be able to perform... hehehe...

when? i also want to join

Ahahahaha... I knew you'd be interested... hehehe... the exact date has not been set yet... still working out my schedule... but what's most important is that it's after our flash workshop la... hehehehe... kan2??

interesting question.. later tonight i test lah!~ I bet should be no problem triggering while on air.. the light travel very fast, human eye couldn't even catch em..